Protect Our Safety, Water Quality, & Rural Heritage
Whether your family has owned land here for generations or you moved here for the quiet rural buffer, major land-use decisions over the next 60 days will directly affect our community. Connect with Smart Chatham to stay informed and involved.
Standing Together for Responsible Growth
Smart Chatham is a non-partisan coalition formed by your neighbors. We are not anti-growth—we support responsible development that aligns with Plan Chatham and complies with county codes. However, we are actively challenging the developer's application to rezone 365 rural acres for over 600 residential units across five disconnected pods.
Requested reductions in viewshed and perimeter buffers by up to 50% threaten privacy and thin local tree canopies.
With off-site municipal sewer connections prohibited by county zoning rules, plans call for surface spray fields directly adjacent to local floodplains.
Clearing over 100 acres of mature forest risks severe runoff along stream corridors that have already washed out the Morris Road bridge twice in recent years.
An estimated 5,000 to 6,000+ new vehicle trips per day will funnel onto narrow two-lane roads servicing Chatham Grove Elementary and Margaret Pollard Middle.
County officials listen closely to neighboring residents. Connect with us to receive technical engineering and traffic assessments, hearing alerts, and guidance on submitting public comments or displaying a yard sign.
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